Olivia Vivian completes Ninja Warrior course

Sadly, former Olympic gymnast Olivia Vivian made a mistake and missed completing the run in the Final. The only female competitor who qualified, she’d hoped to beat the men.

That’s a shame. In the qualifier she was the only woman in Australian history to finish.

Click PLAY or watch that run on YouTube.

 

survey for former high level gymnasts

Mary-Anne Monckton shared this survey. The data collected may be used in a book about positive coaching.

Results are anonymous.

If you’d like to participate, click through here.

Maria’s Maloney to Jaeger

Maria Vittoria Cocciolo from Italy.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

 

Physics professor tries to explain Simone

RHETT ALLAIN is an Associate Professor of Physics at Southeastern Louisiana University.

In Wired magazine he tries to explain two saltos, three twists in  1.18 seconds.

Click through for the details:

The Twisty Physics of Simone Biles’ Historic Triple-Double

https://twitter.com/7olympics/status/1160749944719888385

Yul Moldauer for GK Elite

Yul announced this on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B06KcKfHa5e/
 
(via gymnasticsville)

Alec Yoder for Hugo Boss’ #SuitChallenge

Alec was petitioned on to National Team. Good call.

And this.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Details.

Simone on @TheOnion

You know you’ve made the big time when you’re featured on The Onion. 🙂

Simone & MyKayla – Amanar

We really need computer video analysis for judges on Vault. Height of centre of mass relative to height of the gymnast.

Heart this. Simone is HIGH.

Recall the Maroney & Uchimura comparison?

McKayla might be even higher than Simone.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Reality check – Kohei has said that his goal is sticking the landing. For tumbling and vault he does not try for his maximum height. Instead, he wants optimum height.

is Jordan Chiles happy?

Yep. 😀

Jordan had a fantastic Nationals. Moving to train with Simone at WCC has worked well for her.